The bread remains Romanians’ most consumed bakery product in 2022.
Compared to more than half of Romanians who live in rural areas, only a third of urban residents frequently consume the bread. Loafs (42%), sliced or packaged bread (41%), and white bread are the most widely used bakery products (39 percent ). These are also the products for which 84% of Romanians felt the price increase n comparison to the previous year.
According to Reveal Marketing Research, as Romanians in urban areas become increasingly concerned with leading healthy lifestyles, they are more motivated to locate healthier food options with more nutritional value to add to their regular diet.
Black, whole-wheat, or seeded bread daily by 17% of Romanians, with urban residents consuming it at a higher rate (19%) than those living in rural regions (14%).
The study also shows that bread consumption is higher daily in rural areas compared to metropolitan areas. There are significant differences in loaf consumption (rural: 51% vs. urban: 35% ) and white bread consumption ( rural: 49% vs urban 32% ).
Cozonac is the most well-liked bakery item among Romanians. 95% of the population in Romania consumes cozonac at least once a year, making it one of the most common bakery dishes on tables there.
The percentage of Romanians who plan to cook Easter cake at home is 50%, similar to last year, with those who live in rural areas being more inclined to do so (56 percent ).
Cozonac (39%) is one of the top preferences for homemade baked goods, followed by bread (16 percent ).
The pandemic-induced reduction in the „home cooking” trend and the loosening of regulations are both responsible for the decrease in the preparation of home-baked items from the previous year.
Compared to the Reveal Marketing Research study conducted last year, Romanians prefer to prepare bread goods at home to a far smaller extent, with the percentage of those who say they prefer to buy them jumping by 9%, from 48 percent (2021) to 57 percent (2022).
Rural residents create more baked goods (38%) than urban dwellers, who generally have lesser incomes and/or greater adherence to tradition (23 percent ).
According to Valahia News, this result is inevitable because bread consumption has a long history in Romania, a nation with a strong wheat-growing history. Being a key component of traditional Romanian cuisine, bread will always be a favourite food among Romanians.
Tourists in Romania can see Prince Charles’ medieval Saxon home in the village of Viscri in Brașov county. Two unique exhibitions on the preservation of spontaneous flora and constructed history are held on the property, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, according to ValahiaNews.
As tourists visiting Viscri have always been very keen to see and learn as much as possible about the connection that HRH The Prince of Wales has with the village, the Prince of Wales Charitable Foundation decided in 2021 to transform the house in Viscri into an open house that speaks about his passion for traditional architecture, sustainable agriculture, the protection of biodiversity and our valuable cultural heritage – in other words, about the love of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales for Romania.
Mihai Grigore, administrator of the Prince of Wales House in Whisper
The house at Viscri 163 was bought in 2006 in response to the Prince of Wales’ visits to the region. It served as a guesthouse until 2021, serving as an example of good practices in converting a basic country house into a location where visitors can appreciate the beauty of traditional architecture, taste local products, and enjoy nature.
The Transylvania Florilegium, a permanent exhibit that showcases the first books of this calibre written about the plants of this area and is currently housed in the house at 163 Viscri’s converted courtyard, was commissioned by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, a fervent advocate for the preservation of this priceless environment.
Some of the top modern botanical artists in the world visited Transylvania for five years while researching the flora around HRH Prince of Wales’ lands in Viscri and Valea Zălanului, where the paintings of the floristry were created.
Each of the 124 botanical drawings in Transylvanian floristry comes with a scientific description that will help readers understand the variety and beauty of the Transylvanian flora and motivate them to help protect it. The illustrations are organized into two volumes.
Tourists can explore a straightforward, traditional Saxon home at the House of the Prince of Wales in Viscri and sample regional fare in the cafe.
Visitors can learn about the summer schools organized by the Prince of Wales Foundation in Romania, in collaboration with the Romanian Order of Architects (OAR), while strolling through the grounds, as well as about a gardening program set up for young people in the hamlet.
LIL PUMP, the Trap sensation, will perform this summer in Bucharest, Romania.
Park Lake will host the concert, where fans can listen to tracks like „Gucci Gang”, „I love it,” and „Esskeetit”. Many are expected to attend LIL PUMP’s first concert in Romania for a memorable moment on the most famous trap tracks.
Sprint Music will bring the eagerly awaited trap musician to Romania. The organizers offer a unique American experience to Romanians through Lil Pump’s music and participation in an exceptional event in Romania.
Gazzy Garcia is the name of the American rapper, but LIL Pump is his stage name. He is well-known for his trap music and is one of the most prominent figures in SoundCloud’s rap scene.
At just 17, Lil Pump was well-known for the song „Gucci Gang”, which reached number three on Billboard’s Hot 100. It was also certified five times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. This song was featured on Lil Pump’s self-titled debut album in 2017, which peaked at number 3 on the US Billboard 200. He has also released singles from Deadpool 2: „Welcome to the Party”, „Racks on Racks”, and „Esskeetit”. His second studio album, ‘Harverd Dropout’, reached number seven in the US Billboard 200 in 2019.
A sensational concert in Romania with Azteca and Rava, Mozakaliza, Bad and Boujee and Tzigoiners will be one of the most popular trap music acts.
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With nine gold and four silver medals, the Romanian swimming team placed third overall in the medal rankings at the European Swimming Championships in Bucharest.
David Popovici, who finished with a total of five medals, was chosen as the best competitor. Vlad Stancu, a Romanian athlete, won two gold and two silver medals at this competition for a total of four prizes.
At the EC swimming for juniors from Bucharest, the Romanian delegation brought home nine medals: five gold in the men’s relay 4100 m freestyle (David Popovici, Vlad Stancu, Stefan Cozma, and Patrick Sebastian Dinu); David Popovici in the 200 m, 50 m, and 100 m freestyle; Vlad Stefan Stancu at the 1,500 m freestyle; and four silver in the mixed relay 4×100.
According to Valahia News, Mary Ambree Moluh (France) and David Popovici (Romania) were named the top athletes at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Otopeni based on a score based on the greatest performances throughout the competition. David Popovici came in first place with 951 points, followed by Lorenzo Galossi of Italy and Ksawery Masiuk of Poland (897). The Romanian champion, who had already won the senior 100 m and 200 m world titles in Budapest two weeks earlier, won five medals at Otopeni, including four golds in the 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, and the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay, along with a silver in the latter competition.
Thanks to the young Romanian athletes’ outstanding accomplishments at international competitions, Romania has recently become a sensation in the world of swimming. These competitors put up a lot of effort to compete, and it paid off. Although Romania’s sports scene enjoyed a golden age, sadly, no money was spent on it. Numerous Romanian athletes lack funding for competitions as well as a place to train. Since Romanian athletes have a lot of potential and motivation, hopefully this situation will change.
Romanian Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Tourism hires influencers to promote Romania on social media. This project aims to promote Romania as a proper destination for foreign tourists, suitable for a city break vacation.
The Electronic Public Procurement System states that promoting city-break trips is the primary goal of Romanian tourism publicity on social media.
Through the eyes of the influencers, the Romanian Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Tourism hopes to promote tourism in Romania. Up to July 28, the Ministry anticipates receiving fantastic and original proposals from social media influencers.
Promoting something in a more lively and relatable manner is very important nowadays, so influencers are a powerful tool indeed because this way, we can reach a larger audience that may become interested in travelling to Romania.
According to Valahia News, use influencers’ online networks to drive as many people as possible to the Ministry’s social platforms and the website romania.travel. The selection process for 2022 contest will take place in September and October and will concentrate on three different categories of influencers: micro-influencers, who have fewer than 100,000 followers, macro-influencers, who have between 100,000 and 1 million followers, and mega-influencers, who have more than 1 million.
Wild bison have been absent from Romanian lands for about 200 years. The British publication The Guardian dedicates an article to the return of Romania’s large animal, immortalizing the bison’s magnificence in breathtaking photographs taken on Romanian territory.
Photo sourceȘ The Guardian
The Guardian writes that after being extinct in the wild, European bison were reintroduced to Poland in 1954 and Romania in 2012.
In search of Europe’s largest land animal, photographer Alexander Turner and rangers from the Foundation Conservation Carpathia (FCC) travelled. One of three projects being carried out by the FCC to reintroduce bison to Romania’s Carpathians is in the Fagaras Mountains.
Photo source: The Guardian
The reintroduction of bison is not only a matter of repairing past environmental mistakes or a case of modern biodiversity conservation, but it is also an excellent example of how nature conservation can help local communities thrive by developing ecotourism programmes.
Adrian Aldea, FCC’s biologist and wildlife manager
Photo source: The Guardian
According to Valahia News, about half of the Carpathian Mountains are located in Romania. Little habitat fragmentation allows bison to find places to eat, rest, and move long distances. The highest range in the southern Carpathians, the Fagaras Mountains, contain vast tracts of territory that the FCC hopes to rewild.
Every year on June 24, people worldwide observe the Universal Day of Romanian Blouse. It emphasizes the feminine shirt with stunning needlework that serves as a sign of Romanian tradition.
The major component of the folk costume, known as the „IA” or Romanian blouse, is brought to the public’s notice on June 24. The Romanian blouse was made from a single piece of linen, hemp, cotton, or silk and embellished with beads, sequins, gold thread, or stitches that represented stylized, geometric, or natural shapes. It is a particularly admired clothing item outside of the country due to the chromatic harmony, the coseams’ complexity, and the materials’ finenessThe campaign to add the well-known garment to the UNESCO World Heritage List culminated in the creation of the Universal Day of Romanian Blouse.
Interesting facts about the traditional Romanian blouse
The traditional Romanian blouse was regarded as a sacred piece of clothing that accompanied the woman throughout her life and was worn during celebrations, events, or every day. The purpose of the meticulously sewed magic emblem in the past was to shield the bearer from bad luck, charms, and evil spirits. The young women learned the technique of folkcraft from their grandmothers or mothers, as well as the correct prayers, which had to be recited before commencing the spinning of wool, weaving, or thread weaving.
The Romanian blouse’s dimensions are precisely calculated by the craftsman, and the placement of each embroidery is precisely specified. Romanian women infuse their conception with a portion of their feminine perfectionist nature, aspirations for beauty, goodness, happiness, and love.
Traditional designs, which turn a seemingly ordinary blouse into a great work of art, are rich in symbolism. The Romanian blouse conveys a tale regardless of the geographical place from which it originates.
After debuting the reverse version last year, WhatsApp has announced the ability to transfer chats from Android to iPhone.
The new feature, which is still in development, allows users to transfer chats from an Android phone to an iPhone when they switch phones.
WhatsApp does this by using Apple’s Move to iOS feature, which allows users to copy contacts, appointments, SMS, and other data from Android to iPhone.
Only when you first set up an iPhone can you migrate your WhatsApp conversations; to do so, select the „Move data from Android” option and then follow the on-screen instructions.
After the user goes on to WhatsApp with the same phone number he used on Android, the conversations will appear automatically.
WhatsApp’s technique can only be utilized after purchasing a new iPhone or after resetting it, because the configuration process, which contains the Move to iOS option, can only be accessed then.
The transfer requires Android 5 (or later) and iOS 15.5 (or later).
Data movement between the two competing platforms has always been a challenge, and not just for WhatsApp. It’s simple to transfer data between Android and iPhones, but not between the two platforms.
In June 15, French President Emmanuel Macron declared at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Base that Romania had demonstrated that it was „ready to the responsibility” and that it could count on France’s „fraternity.” He announced that the number of French soldiers in Romania will increase.
Romania is not for France a country like any other. The alliance between our countries is based on a two-century friendship. We have mentioned this together several times. In the face of serious crises that threatened its security, Romania was able to count on the fraternity of France.
Emmanuel Macron, France President
Macron praised not only the two countries’ cooperation but also the Romanian army’s professionalism.
Because a bilateral advance is wanted, we are working on an ambitious plan to support the Romanian Naval Forces at the request of the Romanian authorities. The line ministers were able to debate and establish a framework agreement.
The NATO device in Romania will be supplemented, according to the French president.
Emmanuel Macron spoke of Romania and France sharing a „shared perspective” on the region’s major foreign policy concerns. He stated that „we want the matter to move” and that „France is with Romania” in regards to Romania’s Schengen membership.
These ten emerging artists to follow in 2022 included in our top are some of the international artists that impress with their talent and the uniqueness of their creations.
Emerging artists are part of an impressive universe of creation, shaping their own visual identity and artists style. Though not internationally famous yet, they manage to impress with innovation and originality. Their designs lay the foundations of new genres and styles, using art as an imaginative expressive of beauty, emotional power and conceptual ideas based on their projection of life.
Valahia News made a top highlighting the best emerging artist you should following 2022:
1. Juliana Matsumura – Japanese-Brazilian emerging artist
UNTITLED #3 FROM THE REMNANT III SERIES, 2017
Her fragile, sculptural forms are instantly recognizable, and her work has been shown and collected worldwide. The printed texture of paper, the ripped edges of collages, and the flowing patterns that fill and move across the surface of her works define her work. Matsumura’s monotype prints, etchings, collages, and sculptures strive to reinterpret the traces of deconstruction, absence, nature’s impermanence, and remembrance. Her works are composed in bold yet subdued colour palettes by layering diverse abstract forms.
2. Martim Meirelles – American photographer
UNDERBELLY, 2014
Emerging artist, Martim Meirelles, is an award-winning documentary and fine art photographer born and raised in New York City. Meirelles has long been inspired by the pioneers of social documentary photography for their tenacity in capturing the beauty and the struggle of underprivileged people worldwide. His work has been shown in galleries around the country and abroad, including the Soho Photo Gallery in New York, the Lowe Art Museum in Coral Gables, Florida, the IMT Gallery in London, and the Cinema Scala in Maputo, Mozambique, and Galeria Paul Girol in Nazaré, Portugal.
3. Osias André – Mozambique emerging artist
UNTITLED, 2020
Osias André is an emerging artist from Mozambican. He began painting at the age of eight and began his artistic career as a graphic illustrator, producing several publications. Illustration, in his opinion, provided a more immediate and direct experience to the observer, whereas painting necessitated a slower and more indirect digestion.
4. Gabriela Albuquerque – Brazilian artist
USELESS LANDSCAPE IV
Gabriela Albuquerque is a visual artist from Brazil. Her current research focuses on landscapes and recurring trends outside of the genre’s historical academic heritage. The almost frantic recurrence of images aims to elevate the duality of our surroundings’ permanence and impermanence, of what is familiar but also transitory.
5. Roberta Goldfarb – Brazilian photographer
MEANWHILE V, 2021
Roberta Goldfarb is a Brazilian artist who creates spheres of emotion and meaning from what she observes with her own eyes. She was a member of the Surroundings show. She displayed images and a video installation from her travels to depict the numerous ways life occurs simultaneously but in different regions of the world.
6. Luiza Cardenuto – Emerging artist from Philadelphia
THE BRAZILIAN RATTLESNAKE
Luiza Cardenuto is a visual artist who works in printmaking, sculpture, and interactive installations under the moniker Nuto. The contrast between the natural and urban environments is her primary source of inspiration. She investigates how humans connect with plants and animals by looking at how they portray them in cities and the media.
7. Natália Loyola – Emerging artist in photography
LUGAR, 2020
Natália’s images are a compilation of magnetic territorial markers from her migratory journey, as viewed via her contacts with the city and its people. Her acute awareness of the contrasts between movement and stillness, nomadic and sedentary, real and imagined, produces a unique sense of familiarity with the subjects of each image.
8. Mariana Rodrigues – Emerging painter
Photo source: ibirapitanga.org
Mariana Rodrigues is a Brazilian artist born in the city of So Paulo. She graduated from Universidade Anhembi Morumbi with a bachelor’s degree in Digital Design. Mariana began her career as a graphic designer. Still, she immediately realized that painting was a vital tool for accessing her subconscious and exploring her connection to spiritualism and African origin. Mariana’s work is an abstract mirror of the universe we live in, and intellect and spirit are the same for her. Her art has been included in publications such as Revista Claudia, Arte que Acontece, and Estado.
9. Mônica Lóss – Multimedia visual artist
TWIST I, 2019
Mônica Lóss is a visual artist, designer, and art educator who works in various media. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in visual arts and art of teaching from the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria in Brazil. The twist is a work of art part of the Twist series. “Twist I” is a wall hanging decorating piece made of textile construction. It’s made out of cotton fabric and voile, and it shows off the artist’s distinctive sewing style with complex forms and soft textures. “Twist I” has a sense of movement and delicacy, reinventing how sculptures could appear and feel.
10. NDA – Muralist and gallery emerging artist
Photo source: NDA Instagram account
The New York Times, Ginko Press, and Esquire featured NDA’s work. His vibrant and expressive art, which can be found throughout Mexico, Norway, Belgium, and the United States, combines surrealism, comedic comedy, and real-life observations. His art has been shown in coastal cities like New York, Philadelphia, Newark, and Miami.
In other words, if you want to be up to date with the latest in art or are looking to buy art pieces, you should definitely follow these top emerging artists. If you are an artist and looking for a partner to make your works known, Coletivo Amarelo is the right place to start your creative journey.
